LEADER 02338nam 2200409 450 001 9910420935603321 005 20230621140818.0 010 $a989-26-1958-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000011515767 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/41398 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011515767 100 $a20201027c2020uuuu uu 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auubu#---uu|uu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe ordeals of interpretation /$fMaria Sequeira Mendes 210 $cCoimbra University Press$d2020 210 1$aPortugal :$cCoimbra University Press,$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (340 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aInvestigação 311 08$aPrint version: 9789892619576 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aOrdeals of Interpretation analyzes medieval ordeals, the reading of data in the polygraph and some methods of torture, while reading texts like Hamlet and Macbeth. This book describes the ambition for a touchstone that demonstrates the veracity, or authenticity, of certain entities. Note that touchstone - basanos - was a term used to denominate the stone with which the quality of gold was tested in commercial contexts, but which also designated the idea of testing, torture and torturing. For the interpreters mentioned in this book, the touchstone, which can be an object, a person or a test, would have the ability to help us distinguish friends from enemies, to identify the quality of some verses and to illuminate the truth. It is argued, however, that the ability to make precise judgements derives from a technical understanding of interpretation led by skilful individuals, noting that the ability to discover "the truth" depends on each examiner's skill, intuition, ability to learn a specific method or technique, to detect errors and ask questions (important qualities in the activity of a literary critic). 610 $aHamlet 610 $aordeal 610 $aMacbeth 610 $atorture 610 $aInterpretation 610 $apolygraph 700 $aMendes$b Maria Sequeira$0940265 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910420935603321 996 $aThe ordeals of interpretation$92120280 997 $aUNINA